Car-truck.



LA. BERG.4 1 Vmm TRUCK. APfLCATION FLED UCT. 25| |912. f

- Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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I.. I. BERG.

l CAR TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25| I9I2.

Paten-ted Mar. 27, 1917.

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Immun III I To all whom it may concern:

CARTBUGK.

1,220,170. i* srwiatim 0f Lem ment Pai ented Mar. l27, 1 917. i Application'flled October 26, 1912. Serial No. 727,81. 4.

I part of this specilcation, e preferred em- Be it known that I, Lens J. Bene, a citibodxrnent of the sa ne.

l zen ofthe United States, residing at Chi In these drawings: cago, in the county of Cook and State of Flgure 1 is n sido'elevaton of u six-wheel 6 Illinois, have ,invented certain new und usecer-truck vineorporiting my invention; V515 10 the equalizer bars resting on the journal Springs, and' ful Im rovements in Car-Trucks, of which Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of 'a the fo owing is aspecifieation. l portion o f the truc; shown in Fig. Heretofore, in four-wheel and six-wheel Flga is an enlarged cross-section through oartr1ieks, it has been customary 'to make the truck adjacent to one of the bolster 60 boxes of aform having a depressed. central- Fig. 4 iso crosssection through a part of portion, which style of bar has been neces the'trunk through one of .the equalizer-bar sary lto provide sufficient space for the aosprings. l commodation andreception of the equalizer- As is customary in constructions of this 16 bar springsi'nterposed betweenthe lower general character, the truck is equipped with 66 $0 inconvenient, to use tw ortions of the equalizer-bars and the trucka pair of truck bol sters 10, 10 which support graine. i theload of the es r-body in the usual man- 4 Iusixfwheel trucks of the 'Pullman type ner, each ofthe'sa holsters et its opposite' itha's heretofore been impossible, or at least, ends being supported on leaf bolster springs obrakeshoes for .each V11, 11, interposed between' the truck holsters "I0 wheel, articularly for the centerwheels, be- 10 and the spring plunkslQcarried irl-Swing causo t e various parts of the truck struc1 hangers 13, 13, supported by'and pivotally ture, moreespecially the equalizer bers,pre hun .on the trucl L-frarnev 14 at 15, 15. This vented a, read ,replacement of Worn shoes. 'truc rfframees is clearly illustrated, is sup- ".25 One ofthe ending foaturesoftlie invenplied with the usual pedestnls 16, 16,co. 75.

tion therefore, resides in the construction o erating with the journahboi'res 17, 17, pro.- of the six-wheel truck to permit the use of vided for the'axes. equipped with the'car twelve-brake-shoes, two for each wheel. and wheels 18, 18. Resting on the topsof' these tov s arrange and combine the structural journaLboxes at euch side of thel truck I 80 elements that all of such shoes may be reedemploy the two sibstantially straightequel- 80l il y 'ken out and"repleced. Another object `izerfloers 19, 19l which, if desired, may 4o the invention is to `decrease the cost of made of greater depthdirectly Beneath the makin the `forged e ualizer-bars and to equnlizenbar springs hereinafter referred provi econv'enient poc ets vor 'recesses in the ..to., then at their ends bearing on the journal 8-6 truck-,frame fior the reception of thel equal boxes. Each of shese bars is equippedwith 86 izembar springs;V v a spring seat-2( .Y receiving the bottom end .A :In otherwords, '1n my im roved construe-l of anequalizer-l lar spring21, eaehofjsuch tion'I do away-'with the epressedv central springs being accommodated 1largely 'iny a ortionsv ofthe ordinary equalizer-bars and pocket or recess Z2 constitutin' o hollow'in 'J4-40 1n their place employsubstantially straight tegrol enlargement or verticeI y 'oil'set por- Ni bars,and rto compensate for this change tion 'of the east metl truokframe-14fthe without materially varying the position of top of eaehof sich ockets being olose'd,.as I `the truckffrarne, 1 make pockets in the frame is clearlyV shown` Whi e the bottom isopen;4 1 1 .itself toreoeivethe now more levat'ed aquel-4` By thus straightening ornelevatn the' L i'zoi'ebersprings.- Y equalizer-bars' 1.9, .in-other words," oing DE In order that those skilled in this art-may away with the d epressed middle partsof the "have n. :full and complete understanding of sameand at the'same'timeusing the cushionlhefeatures of construction of astruoture s ringsj21 betveenmhe equalizer-bars. an

thisinvention; I have illustroted` .A truekfrav "o as .is usual, I: am "enabled n in the 'mompanyingwdrawingsforminga to so expose-th a. wheels that I .can employ 10o' two brake-shoes for each wheel arid thereby gain the advantage of more braking power and emializing the wear on the' brasses of the journal-boxes, and at the same time have such brake-shoes in such position as to be eadily replaced when Worn out or damaged.

Therelative location of these arts is clearly shown in Fig. 1. The use o these bars or brake-shoes for the various wheels, and their operating mechanism, forms a part of a separate patent application. i

A car truck constructed according to n'iy `invention possesses the further advantage that the equalizer-bar 19 lies above instead y spanned "by of below the truck bolsters 10, and in case of breakage of the bar the bolster serves to support thesaine temporarily pending repairs or replacement. l\'lor`eover the raising of the location of the equalizer springs 21 and their point of application to the equalizer bar due to the straightening of the latter, gives more clearance between the end of the equalizer' bar and the journal box on the one hand and the truc-k frame 14. on the other, whereby the necessityl of cutting away the truck frame and the pedestal.

in its upper medial position to accommo date the journal box under load is avoided and it is rendered possible to continue the flangev Q3 of the pedestal entirely across tlie top of the same beneath the truck frame 14, thus greatly increasing the strength of the structure.

I lVhile I have in this applicationV shown a single embodiment only of this invention,

it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that` the same is susceptible of a variety of embodiments without departure from the substance of the invention and without the sacrifice of any of its substantial benefits.

and advantages.

I claim. :Q

1. In a railway car-truck, the combination.

of journal boxes, a straight equilizer-bar hearing on said journal boxes, a truck-frame having a. `wheel-piece, and a sprin interposed between said straight equalizer-bar and said'wheel-piece, whereby to render-accessible for repairs and renewal brake shoes disposed between the wheels in the space as described.

2. In a six-wheel carltruck, the combination of journal boxes, an equalizer-bar bearing on said boxes, a truck-frame having a. re-

' cessed wheel-piece, and a spring disposed between said equalizer-bar and truck-frame a-.-d accommodated in part' at leastyin the recess of the wheel-piece, whereby to' render accessible for repairs and renewal brake shoes disposed between the wheels in the space spanned by the equalizer bar, substantially as described. j

3. In a railway car-truck, the combination the equalizer bar, substantially of journal boxes, a substantially straight equalizer-bar bearing on said journal boxes,

a recessed truck-frame, and a s ring interposed between said substantie ly straight equalizer-bar and said truck-frame, said' combination of journal boxes, a pair of.

truck-bolstei-s, and two pairs o f substantially straight equalizer bars bearing on said y journai boxes and located above said'bolsters whereby to render accessible for repairs and rene-wal brake shoes disposed between the wheels in the space spanned by the equalizer bar, substantially as described.

A railway car truck, com rising a truck frame having a vertically oflbet portion, a journal-box, a pedestal having a portion located beneath the truck-frame and above the journal-box, an equalizer bar bearing on the journal box, spring means interposed bei tween the offset portion of said frame and bar and providing clearance under load between the upper face of the journal-box and the lower face of such pedestal portion and frame, substantially as described.

7. A railway car-truck comprising a truckrame having a vertically offset portion, a journalLbox, a pedestal having a` lateral flange. underlying said frame, a substantially straight equalizer-bar bearing upon the journal box beneath the frame, andspring means interposed between the offset portion of the frame and bar and providing clear ance under load between the up er face of the bar and the loz'i'er face oft e pedestal and frame, substantially as described.

8. In a six-wheel car-truck, the combinal tion of journal boxes, equalizerbars bearing on said boxes, a truck frame including wheel pieces, springs interposed between the equalizer bars and wheel pieces, and a pair vof brake shoes for each of the six wheels;

certain of the brake shoes disposed' within' the spaces spanned b the equalizer bars, substantially as descri ed. 9. Ina six-wheel car-truck, thel combin.l-

tion of journal boxes, substa.ntially, 's traight.

equalizer bars bearing en said boxes, a truck frame including wheel pleces provided with equalizer .bars .and wheel pieces and accommodated in part in' said recesses, and a plir l recesses, springs interposed' between the.

of brake shoes for each ofthe six wheels, certain'of the brake shoes disposed Within the `spaces ,spanned by the equalizer bars, substantially as described. j o

10. In a huela-construction, wheel carrying axles, journal boxes, aV truck frame havf ingwheel pieces lying wholly above the axles and journal boxes, brakeheads coperating with the wheels carried by said axles, and equalizing bars extending between adjacent journal boxes for yieldingly supporting the truck frame upon 4the journal'boxs, said equalizing bars being disposed wholly above the brake heads.

11. In a truck constution, wheel carrying axlei, journal boxe i, a truck frarne having wheelV pieces' lyin g Wholly above the ,axles and journal boxes, brake 'heads coperating with the Wheels carried by said axles, springs, and rigid eqn alizing members extending between adjaee nt journal boxes and cooperating with sa'id springs for yieldingly supporting the truck frame upon the journal boxes, said equali zing members being disposed Wholly above the brake heads.k

LARS J. BERG.``

Vitnesses:

LUTHER J oHNs,

GEORGE G. KLAB im'. 

